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Informing on Martin Hurt, overheard to say "we must quit talking, as someone might hear us and get us in trouble."

Four of the children at Scattergood posing on the steps with the hostel's pet cat

German-language inset in Schleswig Leader containing news from home country, from Europe, and general interest news and literature.

County superintendent of schools approves of measure, as she has personally noticed the "pernicious influence" of foreign languages as the method of instruction.

The Iowa Council of National Defense decided that German should not be taught in any schools in Iowa. German songs and texts must not be read or sung in schools either. It is mentioned that when this letter was written, there still was not a single…

Illustrated image of the Schori and Lehmann Brewery in Elgin, Iowa.
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